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The great speech of Hon. John A. Logan at Cairo, Ill., June 30, 1866.

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CHICAGO TKIBUNE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTING. 1.
; ) .: Issued ffoni THhttne Office, ISl Clarh Street, Chicof/o.
THE GREAT SPEECH ^
F
HON. JOHN A. LOO
AT CAHIO, ILL., JUNE 30, 1866.
Ladies and Gentlemen : I am very much
delighted to meet so many ot you here this
eveninfi:. It is not only a privilege that we
have, but it is a pleasure to the American
people, the citizens of our dear land, to as-semble
together for the purpose ot investi-gatmg
anifl discussing the questions that are
Ijresemed to them tor their consideration.
Since the formatioQ of this Government, it
has been considered one of the great rights
of the iimerican citizen to not only examine
and discuss the questions that were to be
acted on by himselt, hut his right has ex-tended
to discussing and being heard by peti-tion
or otherwise by those who are m tem-porary
power, and" to whom it pertains to
dispose of other questions tor him.
THE SENTINEL ON THE WATCH TOWER.
Although we have for some years past
travelled a rough and rugged road, and have
passed through not only a bloody, but a fiery
ordeal in this country, we have yet another
ordeal through which we must pass, in my
judgment, before peace and prosperity hovers
calmly around and over this broad country,
from one end t(> the other. We had hoped
and thought that when this bloody and terri-ble
tragedy had been enacted ; when the end
of this great rebellion came, good feeling and
harmony would be entirely restored, and that
tho e who had fought so long against the
Union and the perpetuation of this glorious
Republic, with all their sympathizers, would
have been forever hushed in silence. We had
hoped that when blood ceased to flow, pas-sion
would have sub^^ided, and those who h'ad
reserved and preserved our rights should
have had peace, and that the land again
should have prosperity and happiness ; that as
the dark clouds of war rolled away, the
genial rays of peace would have illumined
our broad land with smiles of joy and glad-ness.
We thought, at least, that the men
who arrayed themselves together for the jAir-pose
of destroying this Government, and i.»r
the purpose of building upon its ruins a gov-ernment
fashioned after l heir own niaum^r ;
after their final deteat ; after the Governmi'iit
itself had been preserved; afier the toiliag
millions had arrayed themselves toeeihef,
holding the banner oi this Republic alofc, and
swearing eternal allegiance to the Cuustitu-tion
and laws of the land, that peace
should have hovered over the laud
and covered us with its wiugs.
[Great applause^] But if we only list'-n
for a moment, we again hear the rumblings
from afar. We are uotitied again by the mui-terings
and murmurino-s that we Lear in tiie
distance that all is not yet sate : that the pa-triot's
bounty in this land IS not jet witbiu
hi.s grasp ; that he may say, I am not only a
patriot in the land, but one of the presejve .s
of its institutions. [Applause.] We find that
j
the sentinel has yet to be upon the ^^atch-
I tower in order to give warning of approach
-
i ing danger, there to stand guard tr:til the
I people, the great commander-in-chief in this
I
country, shall decide that the time has come
i for relieving him of his arduous dtities.
WHEN SHALL THE SENTINEL BE KELIEYED '?
The question which comes to our minds at
once is. When shall the time come that that
sentinel shall be relieved '? When shall that
moment arrive that there shall be no longer
any necessity tor the watchman or the .-euli-nel
on the tower, guarding with viail eye the
rights of the American citizen ? We, L pre-sume,
may ditiVr in reierence to that time. If
I were asked when that time should arrive, I
would answer thus wise : The time will not
come in this land for relieving that mai; who
watches over the interests of this great Amer-ican
people unlil the patriot of this land shall
learn that he, and he alone, was the pre-server
of the institutions ot this country and

CHICAGO TKIBUNE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTING. 1.
; ) .: Issued ffoni THhttne Office, ISl Clarh Street, Chicof/o.
THE GREAT SPEECH ^
F
HON. JOHN A. LOO
AT CAHIO, ILL., JUNE 30, 1866.
Ladies and Gentlemen : I am very much
delighted to meet so many ot you here this
eveninfi:. It is not only a privilege that we
have, but it is a pleasure to the American
people, the citizens of our dear land, to as-semble
together for the purpose ot investi-gatmg
anifl discussing the questions that are
Ijresemed to them tor their consideration.
Since the formatioQ of this Government, it
has been considered one of the great rights
of the iimerican citizen to not only examine
and discuss the questions that were to be
acted on by himselt, hut his right has ex-tended
to discussing and being heard by peti-tion
or otherwise by those who are m tem-porary
power, and" to whom it pertains to
dispose of other questions tor him.
THE SENTINEL ON THE WATCH TOWER.
Although we have for some years past
travelled a rough and rugged road, and have
passed through not only a bloody, but a fiery
ordeal in this country, we have yet another
ordeal through which we must pass, in my
judgment, before peace and prosperity hovers
calmly around and over this broad country,
from one end t(> the other. We had hoped
and thought that when this bloody and terri-ble
tragedy had been enacted ; when the end
of this great rebellion came, good feeling and
harmony would be entirely restored, and that
tho e who had fought so long against the
Union and the perpetuation of this glorious
Republic, with all their sympathizers, would
have been forever hushed in silence. We had
hoped that when blood ceased to flow, pas-sion
would have sub^^ided, and those who h'ad
reserved and preserved our rights should
have had peace, and that the land again
should have prosperity and happiness ; that as
the dark clouds of war rolled away, the
genial rays of peace would have illumined
our broad land with smiles of joy and glad-ness.
We thought, at least, that the men
who arrayed themselves together for the jAir-pose
of destroying this Government, and i.»r
the purpose of building upon its ruins a gov-ernment
fashioned after l heir own niaum^r ;
after their final deteat ; after the Governmi'iit
itself had been preserved; afier the toiliag
millions had arrayed themselves toeeihef,
holding the banner oi this Republic alofc, and
swearing eternal allegiance to the Cuustitu-tion
and laws of the land, that peace
should have hovered over the laud
and covered us with its wiugs.
[Great applause^] But if we only list'-n
for a moment, we again hear the rumblings
from afar. We are uotitied again by the mui-terings
and murmurino-s that we Lear in tiie
distance that all is not yet sate : that the pa-triot's
bounty in this land IS not jet witbiu
hi.s grasp ; that he may say, I am not only a
patriot in the land, but one of the presejve .s
of its institutions. [Applause.] We find that
j
the sentinel has yet to be upon the ^^atch-
I tower in order to give warning of approach
-
i ing danger, there to stand guard tr:til the
I people, the great commander-in-chief in this
I
country, shall decide that the time has come
i for relieving him of his arduous dtities.
WHEN SHALL THE SENTINEL BE KELIEYED '?
The question which comes to our minds at
once is. When shall the time come that that
sentinel shall be relieved '? When shall that
moment arrive that there shall be no longer
any necessity tor the watchman or the .-euli-nel
on the tower, guarding with viail eye the
rights of the American citizen ? We, L pre-sume,
may ditiVr in reierence to that time. If
I were asked when that time should arrive, I
would answer thus wise : The time will not
come in this land for relieving that mai; who
watches over the interests of this great Amer-ican
people unlil the patriot of this land shall
learn that he, and he alone, was the pre-server
of the institutions ot this country and